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Alexion spent the entire day watching Danger sleep He sat in the cream jacquard padded chair beside her bed, completely absorbed by the pale beauty of her She ithout flaw Without guile Without cruelty inside She would never hurt so to save her fah for her to have turned her back on them and saved herself

It was part of why he loved her so

"I don&039;t want to leave her" He whispered the heartfelt words knowing that in the end he had no choice Da able to control his emotions where she was concerned All he had done was ruin his own future

Why was that?

Why did such pain have to exist in this world? Love should be easy It should be simple A person should be allowed to find that one person they couldn&039;t live without and just go on their merry way to happily-ever-after

But it didn&039;t work that way He was living, or dead, proof of it Liora had sworn she loved him and look how that had turned out It was hard to trust another person not to hurt you There was still a part of hier drop the medallion to save herself?

Would her own personal pain be so great that she would help herself before him?

There was no way to know the answer Especially not now

He sighed He knew from Acheron that it was useless to dwell on wants or what could have been He had to deal with the present and that er safe from whatever Stryker had planned

He had Xirena with hi one wood bent on vengeance, it didn&039;t pay to get cocky

"C&039;mon, boss man," he said under his breath, "talk to me"

Alexion shook his head at the irony In the past, he&039;d always hated it whenever Acheron had intruded into his thoughts or space Now that he wanted hiured

"Alexion?"

He got up and went to the bed where Danger was stirring She stretched and yawned as she watched him "Do you always rise so early?"

"Yes," he said, not wanting her to know that because he was host, he didn&039;t need sleep His rest wasn&039;t quite the sa hiht?"

He shrugged nonchalantly "Migraine, futility, possible death Sahed "That sounds like lanced toward the door "So how&039;s our de?"

"I haven&039;t been to the media room in about two hours, but last I checked, she was knee deep in Kirk&039;s Folly orders Good thing Acheron is loaded Then again, the way these deh er was amused by his words It was so nice to wake up to see his handso at her

She took his hand in hers so that she could feel the hness of it She didn&039;t knohat it was about the sensation of a , but there was no denying that she enjoyed how different it was frohting in the warm, pleasant scent of them His hands were powerful and yet tender Wonderful and delectable Opening her lips, she gently nipped his forefinger

He hissed in response "You keep doing that, and I won&039;t let you out of that bed"

"Then why don&039;t you joinback the covers so that he could see her naked body She&039;d never done anything so bold with a man before, not even her husband But for so herself with Alexion

Her sense of modesty had flown and she wasn&039;t really sure why

His eyes sparked green fire "We have a job to do"

"And we have threeto insult and aggravate you" She ran her tongue over the pad of his thu anywhere Like you said, it&039;s just an exercise in futility I vote we take one night off and just enjoy it" She licked the back of his knuckles

Pure pleasure darkened his gaze, but still he resisted her "To what purpose?"

She sat up in the bed and wrapped her legs around his lean waist, pulling hied since you&039;ve been here, Alexion When you first arrived, you were so cold and distant You&039;re not like that now You&039;re warm and fun I don&039;t want to lose that I don&039;t want you to lose that"

Alexion sed She was absolutely right She had changed hier brushed the hair back from his face "I want you to have memories of me that will help keep you warm after you leave"

Those memories would only hurt him more, and yet his heart was thrilled by the idea of it He hadn&039;t had a night of nor with this woman made him crave it viciously

What would it be like?

"And e do?"

She gave hirin that made him harden while she trailed her hand down the front of his shirt "Have you ever been to a real movie?"

He shook his head Acheron and Simi went all the time, but the last time he&039;d been in the human realm, movies hadn&039;t been invented yet

"Then that&039;s e&039;re going to do," she said in a tone that let him know she wouldn&039;t take no for an answer "Dinner and a movie Just like everyday Jane and Jack"

Alexion shook his head "I think you&039;ve lost yourhis shirt as she talked to hiainst his flesh sent chills over his body "Perhaps, but do you knohat Jack and Jane would do to start off their night?"

"I have no idea"

"They&039;d start it off with blindingly great sex"

Alexion hissed as she sank her hand down under his waistband to stroke his hard cock His body was already throbbing and craving hers in the worst sort of way Orbetter than her hands on his body Nothing better than the feel of Danger

Alexion laughed as that thought went through his er asked as she stopped her sweet torture

"I just had a bad pun go through er&039;s heart pounded at his corny words They shouldn&039;t please her and yet they did Oh, yeah, there was really so with her She was head over heels for thisin deeper by theto say?" she asked him

"I didn&039;t know that I did"

"Take my word for it, you do"

He closed his eyes as she ran her fingertips over the tip of his shaft She loved pleasing him But as she watched the ecstasy on his face, it fired her desire even s, then pulled his lips to hers so that she could taste hiue danced with his as she sank her hands into his thick, soft hair His hard shaft rubbed against her bare sto his mouth

Delirious frohtly "I love the way you touch ainst his cheek "I love the way you smell The way you look I need to feel you insidewas on fire as he watched her recline naked on the bed Her thighs were spread open in sweet invitation, allowing him to see the tenderest part of her body He leaned over her to take her breast into his ue Her body was absolute heaven

Closing his eyes to better savor her, he dipped his hand down to gently stroke her He probed the tender flesh between her thighs, separating it so that he could feel just hoet and ready she was for him It was the sweetest sensation he&039;d ever known

He eer deep inside, she arched her back with a pleasurable cry

Unable to stand it, he er moaned at the thick fullness of Alexion inside her He took her hand into his and held it over her head as he thrust against her hips He h her with absolute bliss Shein bittersweet pleasure

She wrapped her legs around his waist as their passion took her far away from the present and all her fears about the future It&039;d been so long since she&039;d felt like this with a man There was a connection to him A friendship

More than that, there was love

How she wished that she could keep it But at least she had this moment to remember what it was that she&039;d lost This one ether

Heher pleasure until she couldn&039;t stand it any longer Crying out, she felt her body splinter in ultimate ecstasy

Alexion watched her face as she caht of her in the throes of climax But more than that, he loved the way her body felt under his She was so sweet, so tor

She pulled hi his own slice of heaven

And when he came, he cried out her name He leaned down over her as his body convulsed and throbbed, releasing itself deep inside her

She ran her hands over his back, clutching hiht about this, or what?"

He laughed at her question "It was a great thought"

She wiggled her hips against his, letting hi he savored They didn&039;t just have sex with each other, theysince he&039;d felt that

Danger nipped his shoulder "Anyone ever tell you that you are an incredible lay?"

He laughed "Well, they never phrased it quite that way"

She hugged him close to her, then kissed his cheek "You are the best, Alexion I ood as my partner is"

She offered hiave him for those words set his entire body back on fire "You keep this up and I won&039;t let you out of the bed tonight"

She nibbled his chin "Would that be so bad?"

No, it would be heaven

Alexion gently cupped her breast, delighting in the softness of the skin, before he pulled back Hoished he could love her the way she deserved But even if he were able to be huain, he wasn&039;t sure he would ever be able to trust fate with her by his side

He was so tired of regretting the past So tired of knowing that for hi?" she asked, ser pulled back He wasn&039;t being honest with her, she knew it His mood had turned around completely There was such a deep sadness in his eyes that it tore through her

She watched as his eyes turned to a dark eed color "Do you control your eye color?"

He appeared surprised by her question Maybe he didn&039;t realize they did that "Huh?"

"They change colors constantly," she explained "Kind of like aWhenever we&039;re around other Dark-Hunters and on the night you arrived they were black Now they&039;re a vibrant green Do you decide or do they do that on their own?"

He squeezed her hand lightly "The black I control The green does what it wants to"

"Ew!" she said, wrinkling her nose "That&039;s kind of gross"

He laughed "Good thing I have a strong ego, huh?"

She kissed hihs "Like cast iron Now let et our date started"

Date There was a word Alexion had never thought to hear in relation to hiht over the strangeness of all this

He was going on a date? He&039;d seen such things in movies and read about them in books, but to actually be on one

How coet any ret it later There were only three more days until he&039;d have to return

And then he&039;d never see her again

Danger popped her head back in the bedroo naked on her bed She had to adelo would have a field day painting that divine Greek body It was absolutely perfect in proportion She&039;d never seen anyone with a better set of abs or a nicer rump And when it ca turned on again

Except that he continued to look sad and forlorn "Hey? Want to join me?"

He looked startled by her question "Really?"

She laughed at his shock "It&039;s not like you haven&039;t already seen me naked a lot"

He smiled, then scooted off the bed to join her Before she could move out of his way, he scooped her up and carried her to the shower

She yelped as he turned on the water, which was freezing cold

"Sorry," he said The water turned warm so quickly that she knew he&039;d intervened with the tehtfulness never ceased to aer She couldn&039;t afford to let herself fall for hiain, why not? If he was to be believed, and she certainly did believe him, she wouldn&039;t recall him at all by week&039;s end

And that et soht alone was terrifying

Just my luck After all these centuries I finally find the one person I actually want to be around only to find out that it really is impossible

La vie n&039;est pas juste How many times had her ht Life wasn&039;t fair It was cruel and sad, but at tiht it would be miraculous She refused to let herself or anyone else ruin it She ht not remember him, but he would remember her and she didn&039;t want his memories to be of a sullen-faced crybaby He deserved one perfect night

Everyone did

Alexion picked up the cloth and soaped it before he turned to Danger Her eyes were closed, her arms raised, as she parted her hair to let the water saturate it To his aain as he watched her What was it about this woman that left him so hard and needful all the tiaze that left hi He kissed her before he started bathing her

Danger sighed at the sensation of Alexion&039;s hands on her body, soaping her skin

"There has to be some way around this" She hadn&039;t realized she&039;d spoken out loud until he straightened

"There isn&039;t, Danger When I leave, it&039;s over"